Hello Everyone

[CyRob]

Don't use an agency, you will have to do most of the work yourselves anyway compiling all the required documentation. You will find lots of help here.

Good Luck.

John and Vanessa.

Thanks for the welcome....

Yes i agree all the hard work will be done by us as its our responsibility to compile the required evidence.

Yes... having read for a few hours there is lots of information available in here, oh well we will keep on reading...

[CyRob]

hi there welcome to the forum! im from cebu which is only a couple of minutes from where cyrene lives and i do have a best friend in talisay which is just part of tabunoc.it would be wonderful if she can come over soon in the uk coz me and my british husband lives in norfolk which is not too far to suffolk.i'd love to meet her and make friends with you! i advise you not to go through the agency coz they really cost a lot of money! the best thing to do which we did is that all of your supporting documents and hers as well should be posted to the british embassy in the phils. and if u have all of those and proof of your relationship and that it is really genuine then definetly her visa will be approved and will only take a month or so! it depends though what visa will she apply coz in my case i applied for a fiancee visa and it only took me a month to wait and my visa was approved without any interviews at all.well good luck to both of u! if she is planning to apply for a fiancee visa you can ask me what to do and ill try my best to help....

Hi melmart,

Wow nice to hear we are very close... It would be great to meet you both once Cyrene arrives here. Not too sure how long that will be yet as we are now collecting and compiling our proof and documents ready for submission.

As far as proof/evidence goes, we have the following info:

1,500 A4 pages of yahoo chat... LOL.. yes we chat nearly every day.
A few letters, cards for birthdays, valentines etc.. flower deliveries, 2 gift parcels sent, several western union receipts for financial support, a 3 week visit to Tabunoc with all the flight stubs, passport stamps, accomodation receipts, 350 photos... and a few more things..

Yes... Cyrene will apply for a fiancee visa as we want to get married once she arrives here. Can I ask... Do we have to have a planned wedding and proof of us getting married for the visa application?

Obviously we will both provide the required legal documents as needed for the application.

You say you were approved without an interview!!! I thought under the new visa rules that all applicants now have to attend an interview and biometric scanning regardless.. Thats what I thought anyway.. can anyone clarify if this correct or not?

Like I said.. it will be really great to make contact and meet up in the future.

AND... yes please, any help and advice for Cyrene will be a great help. I can give you her email address if thats ok with you. Just pm me and ask.

Thanks for your lovely reply and look forward to meeting you soon.

Rob

[melmart]

i would love to email her and make friends as well. she can ask anything and ill try to help her about the visa and i think she will get it! telling me that u have more than enough proof of your relationship im sure it would be easier and quicker to get her visa and if u can provide all the supporting documents that they want and that your are financially stable all of those would definetly give her a big chance of getting her visa.interviews is not necessary coz then again if u both have all the documents im sure no interview will happen no matter what changes happens and thats for sure! well ask me anything anyway and ill be here to help.here's my email add charmy_003@yahoo.com

melissa

[aposhark]

Welcome CyRob

More kissin' & smoochin'

[CyRob]

i would love to email her and make friends as well. she can ask anything and ill try to help her about the ........................

melissa

Hi Melissa,

Thats great and thank you for your support. I have sent Cyrene your email address and she will be in touch with you soon.

Sounds very encouraging in the fact that she might not have to have an interview as this is the part that scares her most, plus the trip to Manila.

Thanks, Rob

[CyRob]

Welcome CyRob

More kissin' & smoochin'

... Thanks aposhark...

I certainly would love to be doing some more kissin & smoochin with my sweetheart Cyrene but sadly we are too far apart.. boo hoo.